POLITICO-Harvard poll: Tax reform lags other issues on list of voters' concerns
Source: Politico
By BERNIE BECKER 09/21/2017 02:00 PM EDT
Republicans plan on making tax reform one of their top policy priorities this fall, but its far from clear thats what voters actually want.
One in five adults said that reducing taxes for businesses and individuals should be a major focus for Congress this fall, a POLITICO-Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll found, with a higher percentage calling for action on items like lowering prescription drug costs, increasing the minimum wage and infrastructure spending.
Even among GOP voters, support for tax reform was rather muted, with far more Republicans interested in continuing the battle over repealing Obamacare. A third of Republicans called for taxes to be a key part of the congressional to-do list, roughly the same as wanted more defense spending and a focus on reducing federal debt. About half of Republicans want Congress to maintain its efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act.
The findings come as Republicans have once more moved their Obamacare efforts to the forefront, with a last-ditch effort at repeal planned for next week, even as key policymakers are scheduled to roll out new tax reform details.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/21/tax-reform-lags-other-issues-on-list-of-voters-concerns-242972
underpants
(183,043 posts)Taxes
Defense
Debt
The three pillars they have driven into their skulls all day everyday.
DBoon
(22,430 posts)They should have polled high dollar Republican contributors. Those are the "people" that matter
Same as with healthcare
rurallib
(62,483 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,170 posts)Theyre the ones who determine what Republicans should think and do because they control the campaign money.